Immoral Standards
Abstract
I was fortunate to have received great mentoring from a retired Sergeant Major during my Junior Reserve Officer Training Corp (JROTC) days in high school. He masterfully motivated all his students to define goals in life and taught us to adopt values that has and will continue to carry us through many difficult times in our adult years. I will never forget his mottoes, "Winners never quit", "Always give your 120 percent", and the principles of leadership, "BUILD"-Bearing, Unselfishness, Integrity, Loyalty, and Dependability. I've built my life on these mottoes and it has brought me through a lot of challenges in the military. The unfortunate reality today is the fact that a lot of senior ranking leaders have lost their focus to lead, teach, mentor, and guide Soldiers to be good leaders. These senior leaders have forgotten that they have a responsibility to our nation and our Soldiers to be ethical standard bearers, role models. They must set a positive example for America's sons and daughters, our future leaders. We presently live in a society filled with moral corruption and individuals who are self consumed. Young Soldiers need leaders who will show them the importance of good moral character, ethics, and values to be great leaders. I have seen too many senior leaders failing to set the example and do the right thing. These leaders have set bad examples whether indirectly or directly with immoral acts or poor decision making processes. Using their positions to violate the Soldiers they have been charged to protect is in excusable. There are women leaders who set a bad example by building an unprofessional stereotype for females in the service. Using their looks and manipulating characteristics to attain favors from male leaders and making it harder for those females who strive to be professional, upholding their dignity, and doing the right things.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 2005
- Accession Number
- AD1127418
Entities
People
- Thao Kamakahi-watson
Organizations
- United States Army Sergeants Major Academy